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stumped · 05-19-2016, 04:55 AM

thanks _ I had not realised that calibre has 2 sets of plugboards/templates
so I needed to create a metadata plugboard, not a file name template.

so I set up ones for Azw3 and mobi, using this article as a guide
http://www.howtogeek.com/114063/how-...-ebook-series/

seems to be working, for calibre-> kindle via usb

the template I shamelessly copied from that article puts in the series numbers as #01, #02... can I lose the # and leading zeros easily and still have it work for anything that goes up to 11 , or does removing the leading zero break the kindle's sort order, for an 11 book series
I don't fully understand the syntax below, & how that # gets to be at the front of the 2 digit number.

I did send a stand-alone non-series book as a test and that's fine, for that I see title and author only which is how I want it.
{series}{series_index:0>2s| #| – }{title}

i guess that to do this outside of calibre e.g. via the send-to-kindle email the book as a document option, I do have to edit the book title before emailing it . I doubt I will ever need to do that though.

PS if you want to move the whole thread to calibre forum, that's fine. I don't want to double post.

05-19-2016, 04:55 AM	#3
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	thanks _ I had not realised that calibre has 2 sets of plugboards/templates so I needed to create a metadata plugboard, not a file name template. so I set up ones for Azw3 and mobi, using this article as a guide http://www.howtogeek.com/114063/how-...-ebook-series/ seems to be working, for calibre-> kindle via usb the template I shamelessly copied from that article puts in the series numbers as #01, #02... can I lose the # and leading zeros easily and still have it work for anything that goes up to 11 , or does removing the leading zero break the kindle's sort order, for an 11 book series I don't fully understand the syntax below, & how that # gets to be at the front of the 2 digit number. I did send a stand-alone non-series book as a test and that's fine, for that I see title and author only which is how I want it. {series}{series_index:0>2s\| #\| – }{title} i guess that to do this outside of calibre e.g. via the send-to-kindle email the book as a document option, I do have to edit the book title before emailing it . I doubt I will ever need to do that though. PS if you want to move the whole thread to calibre forum, that's fine. I don't want to double post.